[CASL-L] 2017 Nutmeg Nominees - Coming soon! 2/14/16

[Polack, Lisa]

The 2017 Nutmeg Book Award Nominees will be announced on February 14, 2016!

Our 2017 Selection Chairpersons along with the Steering Committee have worked hard to finalize the lists and are excited to share them with you soon!

If you are not familiar with the process and are interested to learn more, here is what happens from November to February:


*         In November, the four Selection Committees meet to review the books they have read since last January. Using the criteria stated in the Nutmeg Book Award by-laws<http://nutmegaward.org/56901/25543.html>, each committee comes up with a nominee list along with a list of alternative titles.

*         Once the Selection Committees have chosen their top choices, the Chairperson or Chairpersons have to confirm with the publishers that enough copies of the books are still available and, for the 3 upper levels, the titles have to be available in paperback by the time the list is announced to the public on May 1st. This can sometimes be challenging and time consuming. Occasionally when the publishers cannot meet these requirements, alternative titles have to be selected.

*         After the lists are finalized (typically January 15th - February 1st) our top sponsors Follett and Baker & Taylor are then notified of the lists so they can prepare for the large orders that are likely to occur.

*         We then are excited to share our love of reading on Valentine's Day with all of the librarians across Connecticut by announcing the new lists of nominees!

These lists must be kept confidential till May 1st! We are happy to provide the lists to you so you can prepare any programs and order copies of the titles but please do not share these lists with students, parents, bookstores, or anyone in the general public. You can order the titles from bookstores and other vendors that are not our sponsors but try to not make it obvious (i.e. don't call the order 'Nutmeg Nominees').

If you see or know one of the 2017 Selection Chairpersons, be sure to congratulate them on a job well done!

Elementary
Maureen Schlosser & Suzanne Hurley

Intermediate
Kari Hamad

Teen
Libby Mueller

High School
Casey LaPlante & Melissa Lopes

Steering Chairperson
Heather Aronson

Please check your email this Sunday, February 14th for the announcement of the new 2016 Nutmeg Nominees!!

Thank you for your continued support of the Nutmeg Book Award.


Lisa Garofalo Polack
School Librarian
Ellington Middle School & Crystal Lake School
Ellington, CT
lpolack at ellingtonschools.net<mailto:lpolack at ellingtonschools.net>
Secretary, Nutmeg Book Award

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